The former was a classic more-on instrument. Rebuilt several times by various groups since Skinner, it kept getting larger to compensate for more and more soft surfaces introduced into the worship space. With 5 chambers, the instrument was no longer integrated and it was exceedingly difficult to make music with it. The pipes were packed in so tightly they could no longer be serviced properly. We eventually discovered that ours was one of his earliest (and it showed), one that he used to create large instruments at St. John the Divine and Trinity Wall Street. We kept everything that was Skinner, including the console (a five manual monstrosity). We kept a few things and put the rest up for sale (we even offered a few things for free) but there were nearly no takers. Interesting.
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Date: 2010-03-17 03:48 am (UTC)The former was a classic more-on instrument. Rebuilt several times by various groups since Skinner, it kept getting larger to compensate for more and more soft surfaces introduced into the worship space. With 5 chambers, the instrument was no longer integrated and it was exceedingly difficult to make music with it. The pipes were packed in so tightly they could no longer be serviced properly. We eventually discovered that ours was one of his earliest (and it showed), one that he used to create large instruments at St. John the Divine and Trinity Wall Street. We kept everything that was Skinner, including the console (a five manual monstrosity). We kept a few things and put the rest up for sale (we even offered a few things for free) but there were nearly no takers. Interesting.